Daily Archives: 13 May, 2015

Most employers demand 2.1 degree of applicants – survey

13 May, 2015
steve
degree classification, DES, graduate employment, HEA, QQI
Life

Edinburgh students stage sit-in after fossil fuels decision

European Commission unveils long-awaited science advice plans

UK ‘biggest online university course’

Challenging times

SIPTU strikers call on UCC President to intervene in Tyndall National Institute dispute

Speech by Mike Jennings, General Secretary, IFUT

Casualisation: a disease that must be eradicated

Ireland places 15 out of 76 in maths and science ability

Graduate recruits weak in foreign language skills

13 May, 2015
steve
graduate employment, HEA, languages, Solas
Life

Innovative Culture in Ireland’s Higher Education Institutions: An Assessment

Apocalypse now?

What we learned from occupying our university

All Hallows’ students shocked as school to shut a year early

Apartment block near UL for €1.7m

Department of Justice plans reforms to weed out ‘rogue’ language schools

Coursework and assessing students

13 May, 2015
steve
leaving cert applied, project work, schools, SEC
Teaching

Top posts – last 7 days

The Meaningless University Rankings "I see that the Times Higher has now released this year’s outcomes of its annual exercise in numerology called the World University Rankings. The announcement ...
Public sector pay talks expected to begin in coming weeks "Unions have agreed a core set of priorities ahead of public sector pay talks which are due to begin in the coming weeks. The current ...
‘Huge variance’ in dropout rates across college courses a concern, Simon Harris says "The 'huge variance' in student dropout rates across colleges and courses is a matter of concern and needs to investigated, Minister for Higher Education Simon ...
Trinity moves up 30 places amid mixed results for Irish universities in world rankings "Ireland’s top-ranked university has climbed almost 30 places in the latest set of global rankings which overall show mixed results for Irish universities ..." (
Why are college dropout rates on the up in Ireland? "News that student dropout rates have been climbing across universities comes as no surprise to Treasa Fox. As head of student counselling at Technological University ...
Fears that €307m higher ed funding gap will not be addressed as Budget 2024 looms "Provost Linda Doyle has called on the college community to 'raise our voices' amid fears that the higher-education sector will not get additional €307 million ...
Third-level colleges to agree standard approach to student cheating in exams "Third-level colleges are agreeing a common approach to student cheating in a move to achieve consistency across the system. A new framework sets out guidelines ...
College dropout levels climb amid ‘perfect storm’ of Covid disruption "Student dropout rates climbed across all third level colleges during the 2020-21 academic year, against the backdrop of a 'perfect storm' of Covid disruption and ...
The Strain on Scientific Publishing "It’s the end of my first week away but before I go home for a swim in the pool on my roof terrace I thought ...
Colleges’ capacity to deliver skilled graduates is ‘stretched to the limit’, warn university presidents "University presidents have warned the Government that their capacity to deliver high-quality education has been 'stretched to the limit' due to rising student-staff ratios and ...
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 "The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 include 1,904 universities across 108 countries and regions. The table is based on our new WUR 3.0 ...
Students to march to Dáil on October 4 to demand Government uses Budget 2024 surplus to address accommodation crisis "Students from across Ireland are set to take to the streets of Dublin next week to demand Government use its €65 billion ‘rainy day’ fund ...